Your Thesis, where is it?

[Todd S. Malicoate]

My MM thesis consists of critical analyses of five standard works in the wind ensemble repertoire - Wagner's Trauersinfonie, Sousa's The Black Horse Troop, Persichetti's Symphony for Band, Grainger's Sheperd's Hey, and Shostakovich's Folk Dances. It's extremely long-winded and boring which I mostly attribute to my dislike of the conducting activity by that point in my degree.

I don't even have a copy of it, except possibly on my dusty old Power Macintosh 6100 that I haven't booted up for about 5 years. There's a bound copy of it somewhere in the Director of Bands' office, I think.

[imperialbari]

My MM thesis consists of critical analyses of five standard works in the wind ensemble repertoire - Wagner's Trauersinfonie, Sousa's The Black Horse Troop, Persichetti's Symphony for Band, Grainger's Sheperd's Hey, and Shostakovich's Folk Dances. It's extremely long-winded and boring which I mostly attribute to my dislike of the conducting activity by that point in my degree.

I don't even have a copy of it, except possibly on my dusty old Power Macintosh 6100 that I haven't booted up for about 5 years. There's a bound copy of it somewhere in the Director of Bands' office, I think.

If that file may be opened on a current Mac, I would be very glad to have it for my own reading.

Klaus

[eupher61]

MIne is still in my head. Didn't have to write one. MM, that is.

It would have been on the acoustical effect of dents.

[AsiagoCheezBagel]

I think the most important thing to remember with a thesis is to do something that not only interests you, but is useful to you and people in your field.

A quick question - I wrote a paper for a MM research class. My professor ended up liking it, and we actually went through with the proposed experiment this past semester; however, we did not get enough committed participants to be able to publish anything (so it ended up being a pilot study). Would I be able to use all this for a thesis, or is it expected that you will write something new, not building upon what you've done in the past?

[eupher61]

a MM level paper, I think so, Rachel. A terminal degree book? possibly, but it would have to be greatly enhanced.

[sloan]

I think the most important thing to remember with a thesis is to do something that not only interests you, but is useful to you and people in your field.

A quick question - I wrote a paper for a MM research class. My professor ended up liking it, and we actually went through with the proposed experiment this past semester; however, we did not get enough committed participants to be able to publish anything (so it ended up being a pilot study). Would I be able to use all this for a thesis, or is it expected that you will write something new, not building upon what you've done in the past?

Novelty is not usually required for a Masters' Thesis. Even for a PhD dissertation, it is acceptable to "build on" your *own* work.

But, all of this is very variable and can only be answered by your thesis advisor. There are general principles, but local rules trump everything else.

[SRanney]

...so it ended up being a pilot study). Would I be able to use all this for a thesis, or is it expected that you will write something new, not building upon what you've done in the past?

Pilot studies are very good in evaluating the sample sizes needed for a "real" study. I don't see why you couldn't use these data in order to determine how many participants you'll need for a future study.

Steven Ranney

[imperialbari]

Mine is in the TubeNet archives…

Everybody chooses his own trunk.

K